Elaine is the managing director of De Beer Attorneys. Elaine has a wealth of experience in both prosecution and litigation of all forms of intellectual property.

She is a qualified electronic engineer, a registered South African Patent Attorney and an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She has over 10 years of experience in the legal industry, both locally and abroad. Elaine spent a number of years working at a leading firm of Chartered and European patent attorneys in London,.. Read More

Jacques Stemmet

Jacques is an admitted attorney of the High Court and an associate in the technology and commercial/corporate departments at De Beer Attorneys. He assists with the drafting of agreements, which relate to amongst other fields, commercial, technology, information and communications technology, intellectual property and data protection. Furthermore, Jacques deals with matters relevant to the Companies Act and is able to assist with the registration, management and drafting of relevant agreements relating to corporate entities… Read More

Abduraouph is an Associate and an Admitted Attorney in the Trademarks Department at De Beer Attorneys. He is involved with all aspects related to the filing, prosecution and enforcement of trademarks for local and foreign clients.

Abduraouph worked at a large African intellectual property law firm in Cape Town before joining De Beer Attorneys. Here he gained extensive experience on the prosecution and enforcement of trademarks for some of South Africa’s industry leaders …Read More

Nicki is a Senior Paralegal and the Head of Formalities at De Beer Attorneys. She manages all of the formal aspects related to the filing and prosecution of IP matters for local and foreign clients.

Nicki worked for many years in the UK at a large financial services company where she created a role for herself as Legal Secretary and Paralegal which played an integral part in the running of the in-house legal department and the company. She supported not only the London branch of the company, but also the head office in Ireland as well as the branch offices in Dubai, Hong Kong and Brazil… Read More

Nazli is particularly interested in trademark law and she is currently gaining exposure and experience in all aspects of intellectual property law within the Trademarks Department at De Beer Attorneys.

During her studies, Nazli completed numerous internship programs at some of the most prestigious law firms in South Africa including spending time at Legal Aid South Africa (the Pro Bono legal services organisation in South Africa) where she shadowed several professionals and gained exposure to the legal industry… Read More

Theo Du Preez

Theo is a practicing attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Patent Attorney, registered under section 20 of the South African Patents Act No. 57 of 1978.

Theo qualified as a Chemical Engineer back in 1997 when he obtained a B.Eng. (Chem) degree at the North West University, whereafter he worked in the chemical industry for 8 years before he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree at UNISA and qualified as a Patent Attorney… Read More